DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/15 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 53.4 - - 46.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 272 - - 187 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3114 - - 2821 - - 1650 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2856 - - 2482 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4003 - - 3710 - - 2539 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 799 - - 719 - - 909 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 390 - - 331 - - 111 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 31 - - 27 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 219 - - 228 - - 265 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -2 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 952 - - 525 - - -326 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3051 - - 3185 - - 2866 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 713 - - 316 - - -9244 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3290 - - 3394 - - 11783 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 53.4 - - 46.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.6 - - 42.1 - - 36.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.4 - - 52.7 - - 46.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.0 - - 41.8 - - 36.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 272 - - 187 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3114 - - 2821 - - 1650 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96080 23 112 12 073 5 085 96080 88846 20 041 20 107 2 073 88846 83337 27 038 16 067 8 065 83337 78830 21 018 15 043 7 062 78830 74962 15 332 12 349 10 005 74962 71510 5 278 8 302 8 295 71510 68348 7 281 14 269 12 275 68348 65427 13 246 16 249 20 249 65427 62708 9 250 14 275 17 235 62708 60051 26 265 27 272 17 249 60051 57247 36 254 39 258 29 259 57247 54306 37 243 42 237 38 241 54306 51483 32 238 37 223 39 226 51483 48938 29 239 34 227 39 221 48938 46655 36 245 38 237 42 227 46655 44581 51 244 49 234 45 230 44581 42678 65 239 54 234 48 237 42678 40931 82 234 71 233 73 231 40931 39333 92 226 87 231 108 211 39333 37862 94 219 100 225 106 202 37862 36495 96 215 137 210 109 194 36495 35186 99 213 147 203 110 192 35186 33860 107 213 139 201 115 193 33860 32484 117 216 131 198 119 195 32484 31066 123 218 122 197 111 199 31066 29594 122 218 113 201 89 204 29594 28053 117 221 97 212 80 198 28053 26433 113 225 90 211 85 195 26433 24737 105 229 84 214 72 193 24737 22971 99 234 72 224 56 208 22971 21139 92 235 56 234 57 223 21139 19234 77 233 49 234 45 227 19234 17251 67 228 48 227 32 216 17251 15231 65 227 47 225 32 201 15231 13282 64 228 45 225 34 209 13282 11504 62 228 44 225 36 220 11504 9922 60 227 44 226 33 227 9922 8517 58 228 42 227 27 227 8517 7268 54 232 38 231 26 219 7268 6159 49 234 38 229 31 207 6159 5180 42 230 36 220 33 201 5180 4322 34*220 31*216 29 207 4322 3572 33*218 28*223 25 229 3572 2904 33 218 28 226 23*257 2904 2316 32 219 28 228 23*263 2316 1824 32 220 28 229 22 264 1824 1445 31 220 27 230 21 265 1445 1185 29 220 25 230 19 266 1185 1027 26 221 23 231 17 266 1027 936 21 221 18 231 13 266 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography